The Drop In Centre 3

[kbois]

The other morning my husband saw a coyote on the next street over from ours. So, we've been going outside with our little 17 year old, mostly blind and deaf little Camden. 

Last night hubby goes out with him and is puttering in the yard while Camden does his business. He catches a movement out of the corner of his eye, over at the fence. He turns, looks, grabs Camden and hauls ass into the house. 

Our middle-class neighborhood has a new resident. He or she likes suet. We will no longer be providing it to the buffet. I think the birds and squirrels will report us to their union when they should be taking their concerns to the ursine consortium. We are merely protecting life and limb. 

I told my husband ...we live in suburbia, not the effing Hundred Acre Woods! Scram Pooh!

[Kitt]

15 hours ago, MichaelS36 said:

Interesting. People are...people.

We should stop flattering ourselves by saying how intelligent we are.  I have seen too much, dealt with too much. Nothing applies to them, for example, oh don't drink and drive doesn't apply to me, I can hold my booze. Yeah, keep saying that as I search your bloody smashed up body for your ID, so I can go visit your family and explain why you are never coming home again. 

I'm sure most of us who have ever worked with people, in whatever capacity, can say the same, or similar things. 

It's too bad your manager was out of the office.  Yeah, you don't need to be committing fraud. Sometimes, sorry nope is the only answer we can give. 

It was good of you to give her some info, that's great service. 

At some point, most of us learn (usually via the school of hard knocks) that we need to be more on top of things and to not procrastinate.  Hopefully, this woman realized her mistakes and doesn't make the same ones in the future. 

One doesn't really need to be a first responders or some service industry to see the entitlement.  Drive down an interstate. Seems those white signs that say "speed limit" are mearly suggestions, as are the big red ones in suburbia. You know, the ones that say "stop"? 

Edited Wednesday at 03:36 PM by Kitt

[Mikiesboy]

2 hours ago, kbois said:

.we live in suburbia, not the effing Hundred Acre Woods! Scram Pooh!

Amazing picture tho.. but wow, that's craziness.  We have seen a 7 point buck here and we are in the city and foxes and coyotes but not a bear. That is just wild.  I'm glad Paul and Camden are okay.  

[Mikiesboy]

So a while ago i broke a tooth.  The dentist rebuilt it and said we should really cap this.  So, we sent off the estimate, it came back last week, i went today.. this is going to take a long time.. today they took an impression and now i will go back next week for something and then he said likely the following week as well.  

I had to get a bridge a couple of years ago.. it took nearly 5 months with all the stuff that needed to be done and dentist vacations.  erg. 

[spyke]

4 hours ago, kbois said:

The other morning my husband saw a coyote on the next street over from ours. So, we've been going outside with our little 17 year old, mostly blind and deaf little Camden. 

Last night hubby goes out with him and is puttering in the yard while Camden does his business. He catches a movement out of the corner of his eye, over at the fence. He turns, looks, grabs Camden and hauls ass into the house. 

Our middle-class neighborhood has a new resident. He or she likes suet. We will no longer be providing it to the buffet. I think the birds and squirrels will report us to their union when they should be taking their concerns to the ursine consortium. We are merely protecting life and limb. 

I told my husband ...we live in suburbia, not the effing Hundred Acre Woods! Scram Pooh!

All of "suburbia" is now Wild Kingdom. We've built up so much that they've been displaced from their natural habitat. I live in a neighborhood with mature trees and landscaping within the city limits. We have deer, foxes, opossum, raccoons, the occasional bear and her cub(s), and the occasional coyote. While they are beautiful to witness, I prefer to keep a long and safe distance. I used to walk very early in the morning to escape the southern heat. I no longer do that because of the many times I came across wildlife in the pre-dawn hours. 

Edited Wednesday at 06:31 PM by spyke

[kbois]

1 hour ago, spyke said:

All of "suburbia" is now Wild Kingdom. We've built up so much that they've been displaced from their natural habitat. I live in a neighborhood with mature trees and landscaping within the city limits. We have deer, foxes, opossum, raccoons, the occasional bear and her cub(s), and the occasional coyote. While they are beautiful to witness, I prefer to keep a long and safe distance. I used to walk very early in the morning to escape the southern heat. I no longer do that because of the many times I came across wildlife in the pre-dawn hours. 

It is crazy how much new building some areas are doing. Many areas in Florida are unrecognizable now because of all the shopping centers and residential communities they've built. 

What's surprising to me is that where I live now has already been built up. There's not many areas that can be developed. That all happened from the 1950s to 1980s. I think conservation practices and wildlife protection laws have enabled the bear, deer, and coyote populations to rebound from being nearly wiped out in the early to mid 1900s. 

People need to learn to keep their trash and recycle bins in their garages or shed. Just about everyone has them. There's also the idiots who leave food out for wildlife. Granted I'm guilty of throwing the occasional lettuce scraps out for the bunnies, but thats about it. There are plenty of bozos who put out dog food for the trash pandas and it ends up attracting all sorts of vermin. 

 

Here's another picture of my local Pooh Bear. My friend thought it was AI. NOPE!

Edited Wednesday at 08:25 PM by kbois

[MichaelS36]

41 minutes ago, kbois said:

Here's another picture of my local Pooh Bear. My friend thought it was AI. NOPE!

Good grief. 

[MichaelS36]

5 hours ago, Kitt said:

One doesn't really need to be a first responders or some service industry to see the entitlement.  Drive down an interstate. Seems those white signs that say "speed limit" are mearly suggestions, as are the big red ones in suburbia. You know, the ones that say "stop"? 

No, it's an epidemic in some places. 

[MichaelS36]

4 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

So a while ago i broke a tooth.  The dentist rebuilt it and said we should really cap this.  So, we sent off the estimate, it came back last week, i went today.. this is going to take a long time.. today they took an impression and now i will go back next week for something and then he said likely the following week as well.  

I had to get a bridge a couple of years ago.. it took nearly 5 months with all the stuff that needed to be done and dentist vacations.  erg. 

Who needs teeth really?  You have a blender.  

[Flip-Flop]

 

52 minutes ago, kbois said:

Here's another picture of my local Pooh Bear. My friend thought it was AI. NOPE!

He looks so cute, but he and his fellow bears can cause such great havoc to pets, children, ect.....  Have others reported sightings in your area? Many times our State Wildlife officials will attempt to capture, and safely relocate them. Hopefully, he is only passing through your area, and found an easy tasty snack, and will move on!   

Edited Wednesday at 09:18 PM by Flip-Flop

[kbois]

1 hour ago, MichaelS36 said:

Good grief. 

Wrong cartoon, Charlie Brown. 😆

[Mikiesboy]

2 hours ago, MichaelS36 said:

Who needs teeth really?  You have a blender.  

i asked once and they said, We can't take out healthy teeth.  So, sorry that won't work. 

 

[Kitt]

2 hours ago, Flip-Flop said:

 

He looks so cute, but he and his fellow bears can cause such great havoc to pets, children, ect.....  Have others reported sightings in your area? Many times our State Wildlife officials will attempt to capture, and safely relocate them. Hopefully, he is only passing through your area, and found an easy tasty snack, and will move on!   

Don't count on that. Easy tasty snack usually equals repeat  visits.

[kbois]

54 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Don't count on that. Easy tasty snack usually equals repeat  visits.

We threw out the rest of the suet and we've been out of bird seed for a few weeks. So Pooh may stop by but won't find anything. Hopefully the raspberry and blackberry bushes will escape unscathed when the crop ripens 🤞

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, kbois said:

We threw out the rest of the suet and we've been out of bird seed for a few weeks. So Pooh may stop by but won't find anything. Hopefully the raspberry and blackberry bushes will escape unscathed when the crop ripens 🤞

You could offer to arm wrestle him for the berries. Or give him a share.. lol

[Mikiesboy]

Happy HOT Thursday.. not hot in a good way... 

“All endings are beginnings, we just don't know it at the time.”

—Mitch Albom (born 1958)
Author, screenwriter, musician

[Mikiesboy]

Happy Friday. I'm off to the grocery store after walking the dog. It's breezy and nice at the moment. With humidity under 90%. That's a bonus. 

“When opportunity knocks, get the door!”

—Luke Bryan (born 1976)
American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality

 

Hmm, Luke seems to be one of those happy, optimistic kinda people ... maybe i should try that. LOL.

[Gary L]

Happy Saturday! 
im on a high with two stories finished and both with my lawyer friend who is the perfect editor.

sad to see that the wonderful artist David Hockney has died.   A wonderful talent, and like all great artists he had a wiener dog or two at his side! As did Picasso! 

[kbois]

11 minutes ago, Gary L said:

Happy Saturday! 
im on a high with two stories finished and both with my lawyer friend who is the perfect editor.

sad to see that the wonderful artist David Hockney has died.   A wonderful talent, and like all great artists he had a wiener dog or two at his side! As did Picasso! 

For a hot second I thought those little weiners finally tossed you over the edge of sanity. Saturday? Then I remembered you are across the pond and there's at least a 6 or 7 hour time difference 😆

[Mikiesboy]

2 hours ago, Gary L said:

Happy Saturday! 
im on a high with two stories finished and both with my lawyer friend who is the perfect editor.

sad to see that the wonderful artist David Hockney has died.   A wonderful talent, and like all great artists he had a wiener dog or two at his side! As did Picasso! 

Looking forward to reading them!! 🧡

[Mikiesboy]

Happy Saturday from me and Michael...we will be watching the World Cup and baseball today I think.. we'll squeeze in a few walks too.  

Have a good one!!

[Reader1810]

48 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Have a good one!!

Have a great day, tim, now that the weather is behaving nicely. 😊

[Gary L]

Off to beach with wieners... gosh it-s been a very hot day here with no breeze....

[Starrynight22]

On 6/10/2026 at 10:28 AM, kbois said:

The other morning my husband saw a coyote on the next street over from ours. So, we've been going outside with our little 17 year old, mostly blind and deaf little Camden. 

Last night hubby goes out with him and is puttering in the yard while Camden does his business. He catches a movement out of the corner of his eye, over at the fence. He turns, looks, grabs Camden and hauls ass into the house. 

Our middle-class neighborhood has a new resident. He or she likes suet. We will no longer be providing it to the buffet. I think the birds and squirrels will report us to their union when they should be taking their concerns to the ursine consortium. We are merely protecting life and limb. 

I told my husband ...we live in suburbia, not the effing Hundred Acre Woods! Scram Pooh!

I would have died.  Probably literally. 

[Starrynight22]

9 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Happy Saturday from me and Michael...we will be watching the World Cup and baseball today I think.. we'll squeeze in a few walks too.  

Have a good one!!

My son in Boston says the amount of world cup tourists is wild.  Lots of Scottish folk right now which he says has been fun